Fifteen houses were destroyed and 50 were badly damaged, forcing 215 families to shelter in nearby schools, OCHA said.
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Displaced Yemeni children stand in a pond of muddy water following recent heavy flooding that hit the area of al-Khokha in Yemen's western Hodeida governorate on the Red Sea, on September 1, 2024. Landslides triggered by torrential rains crashed through western Yemen the past two weeks, with climate change increasing the frequency and intensity of seasonal rains in the Yemeni highlands. Khaled ZIAD / AFP
2024-09-12 12:06:40
Sitting by their ruined home, Abu Ibrahim wept for his son and seven grandchildren killed by flash floods in Yemen, where increasingly severe downpours are piling more misery on the impoverished, war-torn country.
The greying, bearded villager gestured at the fallen stone walls, all that remains of their home after raging torrents and landslips cut great scars across the mountainside.
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